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Payroll Default Parameters (NP-839)
Default configuration for new starters can now be defined at the payroll level. This configuration can be defined on the Payroll > Payrolls screen and will override any configuration supplied at the Workgroup or Company level.
2021/22 Functionality Changes (NP-886)
Beginning on 6th April 2021, anyone who has drawn down a student loan from Scotland will repay under a new Plan type ‘04’. Functionality to accommodate this change has been added to InPay. An additional Plan 4 option has been added to the starter declarations on the Employee > Starter and Employee > Starter Declaration screens.
Student Loan plan types can be updated through the Pay > Statutory Loans screen. The Plan 2 tick box has been replaced with a dropdown selection.
Plan 4 Student Loan updates from the HMRC can be viewed on the Processing > HMRC Data Retrieve screen with the SL1 option. Plan 4 student Loans are visible on the 2021 FPS format.
Additionally, the REST Services, Starter Importer, Exporter and Flat File have all been updated to allow for Plan Type 4 student loans. The Employee > Student Loans report now has a Plan Type column instead of a Plan 2 Y/N column.
Off Payroll Working (NP-1011)
To support extension of the IR35 reforms to all sectors from April 2021, the HMRC have introduced a marker against all workers to indicate whether they come under IR35 legislation and should be treated as 'Off Payroll'.
The flag can be set at time of worker creation, through the Starter functionality or after creation through the Employee > General screen. Setting this flag will mean that the worker cannot be added to any absence schemes, set up with a Student Loan, Court Order, Pension or Mistimed Payment.
As some clients already have workers where the legislation applies, a Default Off Payroll flag has been added to each payroll. When clicked the user will have the option of setting all workers currently on the payroll.
Other Development
P32 YTD Column Order (NP-654) - Move the positioning of Class 1A NICs on the P32 YTD report.
Remove Foreign Characters from Transaction Lines (NP-769) - This is to ensure that auto bacs does not fails.
Bacs Publishing Date Anomaly (NP-841) - Change to only use relevant bank holiday dates.
RTI Submission Requirement (NP-842) - Include worker on FPS where there has been any change to Class1ANICs.
Peoples Pension Opt In Date (NP-872) - Change to correctly submit via API.
Client Sickness Report (NP-875) - A new report showing details of employee's sickness records.
Pension Address Validation (NP-878) - New section for Pension validation.
Custom Nominal Format (NP-880) - New Nominal Analysis Custom format with a text file export option.
Client Nominal (NP-881) - Navision Nominal Export format.
2021/22 RTI changes (NP-884) - The 2021/22 EPS and FPS formats have been added to the system. The RTI functionality will continue to work as it does currently.
2021/22 Rates and Thresholds (NP-885) - Add in rates and thresholds for 2021 tax year.
Move auto enrolment pension scheme config (NP-892) - Move from InTime section to Company Options.
Dynamics Nominal Format (NP-902) - A new nominal report format.
New report for OT rate checking (NP-904) - A new report holding details of employee's rates for the period.
Penetration Testing (NP-906) - Minor changes required following penetration testing.
Pay summary detailed report element ordering (NP-907) - Move occupational absences to the left of Gross Pay column.
Total Summary of Pay Report Additional Info (NP-908) - Added SSP Offset, OMP and OPPb.
Missing Field Error on XML Company (NP-910) - Fix issue causing error when navigating to Company > General screen.
Journal Test Postgraduate Loans (NP-927) - Add Postgraduate loans to Journal Test report.
SMS Message Error (NP-928) - Truncate error, fixed by writing only first 200 characters to audit.
Nominal Mask employee level (NP-930) - Change so that when a nominal mask has 'Employee level' ticked, any employee related fields should be included in the report regardless of whether the 'By Employee' filter is ticked.
Pay summary detailed reports include all payments (NP-931) - Update the pay summary detailed reports to include elements that are used in the current period.
Mistimed Payment Bug (NP-948) - Figures calculating as negative number on new starters.
Optimise Payslip Retrieve Procedure (NP-953) - Optimise the procedure for the payslip report to improve speed of retrieving data.
Class1A Ers change (NP-954) - Add to YTD Balances and Statutory Override screens.
RBS CSV Bacs Format Change (NP-957) - Change to include the Building Society Roll Number where specified.
Turn Off Auto Complete (NP-986) - Fix to turn off on Payslip Portal Reset Password page.
REST services default worker pay type (NP-988) - When a new starter is added and anything other than salaried, hourly or graded is sent through the default should always be used if one is available.
Journal Test User Report Additional Fields (NP-990) - Add additional pay elements to report.
Optimise Gross to Net Retrieve Procedure (NP-991) - Calculator performance improvements.
Pay Summary Detailed No NI Report Combining (NP-992) - Fix issue where employees with the same name were being combined into a single record.
Client Accounting Extracts (NP-996) - New version of Nominal Export Safe with credit and debit amounts contained in a single column.
Optional Menu Items not appearing when logging into certain customers (NP-997) - Fix issue where optional menu items were not appearing when logged in with certain customer codes.
Negative Net Pay Changes (NP-998) - Allow negative net pay calculations to work over multiple periods.
Show Employers Reference on XML Payslips (NP-1006) - Show employers reference on XML payslips if selected on the Company > General screen.
BACS Date calculation bug (NP-1012) - Ensure BACS date selector takes into account bank holidays.
Clone Calculator Bug (NP-1013) - Fix an issue in the calculator that was preventing cloned companies from being calculated under certain conditions.
SFTP Payslip Export Summary CSV Check Number (NP-1014) - Fix issue with check number on the output summary CSV.
Pay Days to Live (NP-1015) - Fix issue with pay days to live when the pay date falls on a weekend or bank holiday.
SSO - Allow State and Nonce to be Sent and Validated (NP-1016) - Added additional Single-Sign-On security improvements.
Automation change applying P9s (NP-1017) - P9s no longer apply automatically from January to the end of April each year.
Employee Holiday scheme starting on 29th February (NP-1019) - Fix lookahead issue when holiday scheme fell on the 29th February.
Aviva Monthly Reports Weekly Consolidation (NP-1020) - Fix issue where weekly contributions on the monthly reports were not being consolidated when they fell on different calendar months.
XML Database Pay Dates to Live (NP-1022) - Fix issue with pay days to live when the pay date falls on a weekend or bank holiday for XML companies.